Electric chair torturer jailed for 10 years

An electrician who rigged up a DIY electric chair in his garage to torture and extort money out of a property heiress, was jailed for 10 years today.

In court Mark McCalla produced a home-made video showing the woman, dressed only in knickers, begging him for sex.

The woman, of Peckham, wept as the film was shown to the jury. It was permitted by the judge because McCalla claimed she was obsessed with him and had made up the allegations after he rejected her.

The victim said that during a 24-hour ordeal at the hands of McCalla, 36, she was handcuffed to a gas pipe in a garage and seated on the chair, and that McCalla used exposed wires to give her shocks to her legs, all the while demanding money.

She said he poured water on her clothing and gave her more shocks, masking her mouth with tape when she screamed.

She said another man threatened her with a knife, telling her: "Give Sparky the money you owe him."

She told the court: "I thought I was going to die."

The court heard that next day McCalla took her to her bank and she drew out £2,000 and gave it to him, though she maintained she owed him nothing.